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GENEALOGY 



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SHETHAR FAMILY 



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EDITION OF 35 COPIES 
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NEW YORK 

C. S. WILLIAMS 
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PREFACE 



In adding this work to the long list of 
family histories already published, it is felt 
that a duty to coming generations has been 
fairly accomplished. As the years go on, 
more or less of the old time records are 
gradually being destroyed, and the aged 
amongst us, who were closely allied to the 
familiar figures of Revolutionary days, 
are now but few, and must, ere long, have 
passed away, thus closing to the world this 
valuable source of knowledge of the facts of 
history, and of the heroes of the latter years 
of the eighteenth century. 

The contents of these pages are from 
family and church records — old papers, 
tombstones, public documents and the early 
history of our country, etc.; and from in- 
formation derived from members of the 
family, on whom personal calls were made 



PREFACE 3 

in many and widely distant parts of the 
country. The work was begun three years 
ago for the personal gratification of a mem- 
ber of the family. It is but lately com- 
pleted, and only that it may be preserved 
in some of the great libraries of the country, 
a small edition has been published. 



GENEALOGY 

OF THE 

SHETHAR FAMILY 



The original settlers of Guilford, Conn., 
among whom was John Shethar, came from 
Kent, Surrey and Sussex Counties, Eng- 
land, in 1639, landing first at New Haven 
and Hartford, Conn. 

John Shethar belonged to an influential 
and educated family. He had a large estate 
for a man of his times, and was a frequent 
purchaser of lands in Guilford, Conn., and 
surrounding towns. He came to Guilford 
with the first settlers, although as he would 
not conform to church rules fully, it was 
1650, before, under a slight change of law, 
he was eligible to be a Freeman. 

(To be a Freeman each person was re- 
quired to become a member of some Con- 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY. 5 

gregational Churcli, and none but a Free- 
man could hold office; however in 1664, this 
was fully altered by royal decree so as to 
permit persons who could not obtain cer- 
tificates of conformity to the required doc- 
trines, to become Freemen.) 

In the "allotment of the General Inhab- 
itants of Hammonascit" afterwards the 
town of Killingworth, on page 1 of the town 
records, John Shethar appears an accepted 
citizen, he buying part of the grant to Jon- 
athan Durin. This town was ordered set- 
tled by the General Court, Oct., 1663. 

1. JOHN SHETHAR is recorded as be- 
ing one of the earliest planters at Guilford, 
Conn., in 1639. Another authority names 
him as being there in 1645; and another as 
there in 1650, and also in a list of Freemen 
in 1657; and we find him in a list of Free- 
men at Killingworth, Sept. 24, 1669. In 
1648 at Guilford, he buys 3 acre home lot 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 6 

of Alexander Chalker who moved to Say- 
brook, Conn. At a general court held Feb. 
20, 1649, at Guilford in regard to paying 
the minister's salary, each member was 
questioned minutely as to his ability to 
pay — John Shethar's answer was, "that he 
was willing and hoped he should be able to 
continue to do what at present was laid 
upon him, but no farther." In 1662 he 
signs a petition to Gov. Leete, and another 
Feb. 16, 1663. On June 23, 1665, he is on 
committee to audit towns, ministers and 
accounts about the mill at Guilford. On 
Dec. 11, 1667, he was on a committee chosen 
by the town to take charge of the mill at 
Guilford. In 1651 he was granted from the 
town, "rates wages of Herdsman for 2 cows 
of his, coming from Milford, about mid- 
summer, seeing he could not put 'ym' in 
before he had 'ym' nor could the herds- 
man's bill now be altered." At a general 
assembly for elections held at Hartford, 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 7 

Conn., May 11, 1665, the records show this 
entry, "The court for the present sees cause 
to defer the administration of the Free- 
man's oath to John Shethar and others, 
until some further opportunity," 

He married Susanna and he died 

June 1, 1670, and in May, 1677, his widow 
Susanna is authorized by the court to sell 
the lands he had bargained away before his 
death and give title thereto. (See petition 
of Susanna Shethar and testimonies in Priv. 
Contro. I., 149, 151, at State Library, Hart- 
ford.) They had children as follows: 

2. JOHN, b. Aug. 15, 1651, d. 1721, 

m. Jan. 9, 1679, Elizabeth Well- 
man. 

3. SAMUEL, b. Jan. 3, 1657, m. Mary 

Durant. He d. a few years after 
1688. 

4. Susanna, b. ; no further record. 

5. HANNAH, b. 1666. 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 8 

2. JOHN. He was born Aug, 15, 1661, 
lived at Killing worth, Conn., and died 1721, 
married Jan. 9, 1679, to Elizabeth Well- 
man, daughter of William Wellman, for- 
merly of New London, Conn., but then of 
Killingworth, Conn. William Wellman 
had another daughter, Martha, who married 
1674, Clement Minor who was a son of 
Thomas Minor, born 1607, died 1690, who 
was a Deacon oi the Church and Ensign and 
Lieutenant in the Indian wars. Martha 
died July 5. 1681. William Wellman came 
from Gloucester, Mass., and settled in New- 
London, Conn., in 1651. 

Killingworth was settled in 1663, 1664, 
largely by settlers from Guilford, and at 
about the same time others went to Say- 
brook. 

About 1750, several moved from Guilford 
to Litchfield, Washington, Goshen, Salis- 
bury and Caanan in Litchfield County. 

In 1760, many from Guilford settled at 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 9 

Richmond and Stock bridge in Berkshire 
Co., Mass, 

In 1764, Gfiiilford, Vt., was settled from 
Guilford, Conn., and also Chittenden Co., 
Vt. 

Claremont and Charleston, N. H., were 
also settled from Guilford, Conn., in 1786, 
and some same year went to Greenville, 
N. Y.; more recently some have settled at 
Paris, Westmoreland, and Verona, N. Y., 
and in the Conn. Western Reserve, Ohio, 
still more recently in Fairfield and other 
parts of Illinois. 

John's estate was administered on by his 
son John, No. 10, Aug. 1, 1721. On May 
21, 1688, the town of Killingworth voted to 
give six acres of land to each of her soldiers 
who were out in the Indian wars, one of 
whom was this John Shethar. The children 
of John and Elizabeth Wellman Shethar 
were as follows: 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY lo 



6. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 20, 1679. No rec- ^ 



7. Hannah, b. Nov. 25, 1681. No rec- 

ords. ^^ • y^^--^ yi/^U^-yu^,^^ 

8. Rachel, b. -— -, 1687. J^o records. 

9. Susanna, b. — ^^ — , 1689. No records. 

10. JOHN, b. March 23, 1685, m. Dor- 

cas . He d. 1752. 

3. SAMUEL, born Jan. 3, 1657, mar- 
ried Mary Durant, (whose father Edward 
Durant was a son of George Durant who 
settled in Middletown in 1659). Tradition 
says they had three children. He died a 
few years after 1688, and his widow married 
Robert Chapman, Jr., of Saybrook, Conn., 
Oct. 29, 1694, and bore him four children, 
two of whom have numerous descendants, 
' ' many of whom have been persons of 
standing and influence in the learned pro- 



^JS^M. 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY n 

fessions and eminent as members of the 
household of faith." 

On May 21, 1688, the town of Killing- 
worth voted to give each of her soldiers who 
were out in the Indian wars six acres of 
land, one of whom was this Samuel Shethar. 

On March 16, 1687, he appears in the 
records as paying £0.10.0 as his share for 
land in dispute with Saybrook, Conn. 

If children were born to this Samuel 
Shethar and his wife Mary Durant, no 
trace of them has been found. 

He lived in the town of Lyme, Conn., 
Aug. 27, 1688, and is taxed for 

House and land and i of Sawmill £3.00.0 
3 Cows, 1 Mare, 2 Hogs, 16.00.0 

i Yearling, 2.00.0 

Total £21.00.0 
Rate 1 penny to a £=£0.01.9. 

10. JOHN married Dorcas . He 

was born March 23, 1685. He died June 17. 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY la 

1751, in the 66th year of his age. She was 
born 1692, died Nov. 7, 1748, in the 56th 
year of her age. In May, 1728, he was a 
constable of Killingworth. At a general 
assembly holden at Hartford in May, 1731, 
John Shethar of Killingworth was ap- 
pointed and confirmed as Ensign of the first 
company or trainband in the town of Kil- 
lingworth, and ordered that he be commis- 
sioned accordingly. 

In March, 1740, he gets judgment against 
Jeremiah Phinny of Bristol, County of 
Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay, 
£450,00.0 and costs. He was administrator 
of his father's estate Aug. 1, 1721, and his 
own will was proved Jan. 29, 1752, and he 
names children as herewith given: 

11. John, bap. 1718, d. Sept. 19, 1750, 

age 32 years, m. Mary . His 

estate was administered on March 
26, 1751, by Mary , his widow. 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 13 

12. SAMUEL, bap. April 30, 1726, m. 

Aug. 1, 1750, Sarah Jones. He d. 
Sept. 28, 1816, at Nushwan, Conn. 

13. Deborah, bap. 1734. Married 

Buell. 

12. SAMUEL, born April 30, 1726, 
married Aug. 1, 1750, Sarah Jones, born 
Feb. 25, 1729, died Nov. 26, 1810. Lived in 
Litchfield, Conn., 1782-1789. The father 
of Sarah Jones was born in Saybrook, 
Conn., March 18, 1704, old style, and was 
married 2d time June 27, 1787. At a town 
meeting of Killingworth held June 22d, 
1775, this Samuel Shethar was on the Town 
Committee on correspondence in regard to 
affairs of the Revolution. 

"At a meeting of the Governor and 
Council of Safety at Hartford, Conn., June 
6, 1776, voted to pay, and order drawn by 
Capt. Jno. Ely in favor of Samuel Shethar, 
for the sum of £30.0.00 for so much bor- 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 14 

rowed of him by said Ely, for the use of 
his said Ely's Company, and to be account- 
ed for by said Ely on the Company's pay 
roll," The above mentioned Ely was Dr. 
Jno. Ely of Lyme, Conn. Lyme was first 
known as Nahantick. In Kilbourne's His- 
tory of the Town of Litchfield, Conn., pub- 
lished 1849, it reads: "On May 9, 1789, was 
formed what is supposed to be the first 
Temperance Society in the world." One of 
the 36 signers is Samuel Shethar, No. 12. 
In a parade given Aug. 6, 1806, we find 
Light Infantry Co. commanded by Capt. 
John Shethar, page 255. Samuel Shethar, 
No. 12, was a lister or rate maker in 1782, 
page 226. Their children were: 

14. John, b. May 6, 1750, d. July 24, 
1752. 

15. JOHN, b. Dec. 14, 1752. 
16. Samuel, b. April 6, 1765, d. April 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 15 

7, 1791, m. Hannah Lasher Oct. 
11, 1785. 

17. James, b. March 17, 1757, d. May 
28, 1759. 

18. SARAH, b. Feb. 26, 1761, m. John 

Phelps Sept. 24, 1780. He was b. 
March 3, 1756. 

19. LYDIA, b. April 8, 1764. 

20. RACHEL, b. March 16, 1768. 

21. Polly, b. Sept. 15, 1769, d. Dec. 21. 

1776. 

22. Betsey, b. March 10, 1774, d. Sept. 

23, 1803, in. Wm. Croswell. 

15. JOHN, born Dec. 14, 1752, died 
June 19, 1835, in his 84th year. Married 
Jan. 27, 1773, Sarah Smith, born May 4, 
1749. She died Feb. 17, 1796, and he mar- 
ried for his second wife Nancy (Nelson) 
Drake, widow of MaJ. Joshua Drake, March 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY i6 

6, 1800. She was born April 23, 1760, died 
June 12, 1815, at Troy, N. Y. Sarah Smith, 
his first wife, born May 4, 1749, was a 
daughter of Joshua Smith who married 
Mary Stoddard Jan. 25, 1732, and died 
April 30, 1787. He was a son of Nathaniel 
Smith of Scituate, Mass., whose estate was 
administered on May 11, 1725, at Litchfield, 
Conn. She was the youngest of eight child- 
ren. Cajjt. John was married to his second 
wife, Joan, commonly called Nancy Drake, 
at the Highlands, N. Y., March 6, 1800. She 
was a daughter of Joshua Nelson and his 
wife Sarah Mandeville, who was a daughter 
of Jacob Mandeville, born 1709, d. Aug. 27, 
1784, aged 75 years, and his wife Sarah 

, who died May 18, 1782. They lived at 

Garrisons, N. Y., on the Hudson River. 

Capt. John Shethar, when he enlisted, 
lived at Litchfield, Conn. He was made a 
Sergeant in Capt. Seymour's Company, Nov. 
20, 1776, of a regiment of Connecticut Light 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 17 

Horse Cavalry, aud was on the marcb 
through New Jersey with Washington in 
1776. He was made Lieutenant 2d Contin- 
ental Dragoons, Dec, 31, 1776, and Captain 
Oct. 11, 1777. This was the 2d Regiment 
raised agreeable to a resolve of Congress of 
Dec. 12, 1776, but by another resolve of 
June 14, 1777, takes rank from Nov. 25th, 
1776. Thus it seems "he served from the 
beginning of the war and obtained promo- 
tion for his gallant bravery. ' ' By his active 
efficiency at the battle of Brandywine, he 
greatly distinguished himself, and this com- 
ing under the personal observation of Gen. 
Washington, he immediately after the bat- 
tle, presented Capt. Shethar with a sword 
and highly commended him for his judic- 
ious acts. 

This sword, with his chapeau and a por- 
tion of his military dress and many memen- 
toes of the War of the Revolution, have 
always been treasured in the family and 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY i8 

are now in the possession of Edwin H. 
Shetliar of New York City. Towards the 
close of the war, March 6, 1780, being so 
badly wounded as to preclude further active 
service for a long time, Capt. Shethar felt 
constrained to resign his commission. His 
dress sword he presented to Ark Lodge, 
No. 33, F. & A. M., Geneva, N, Y., and is 
yet in possession of these Masonic brethren. 
In an encounter with the Indians, he came 
near being captured by the Mohawk Chief, 
Capt. Joseph Brandt. 

Statement written by Mary Osborn Hog- 
arth, Nov. 27, 1864, living in 1904 at 550 
Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. : 

"My mother, Mary Jane (Shethar) Hog- 
arth, was born in the village of Hammonds- 
port, Steuben Co., N. Y., Sept. 3, 1805. 
Her father, Capt. John Shethar, died June 
19, 1835, aged 84. Her mother Johanna 
Nelson was born in Phillipstown, Dutchess 
County, N. Y., died at Troy, N. Y., 1815, 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 19 

aged 50. My grandfather Sliethar owned a 
very large and valuable farm in the valley 
in which Hanimondsport is situated. He 
became security for a Mr. William Root of 
Albany, and lost all his property. With a 
wagon load of household goods, fifty dol- 
lars in money and two little girls, one of 
them my Aunt Betsey, then four, and her 
sister, my mother, two years old, Grand- 
father and Grandmother Shethar, started 
for my grandfather Nelson's in Phillips- 
town. There Grandfather Shethar was laid 
up with rheumatism for six months, could 
walk only with crutches. As soon as he 
was able he went to Albany, rented a house 
and took boarders; there my mother's first 
recollections of herself begin. When she 
was six years old. Grandfather Shethar 
moved to Troy, N. Y. After about four 
years' residence in that city, her mother 
died and was buried there, where also her 
Aunt Martha Haight died in April, and in 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 20 

the September following Grandfather Sheth- 
ar moved to Alexandria, Ya., to reside with 
his son, my mother's half brother, James 
Smith Shethar, who was very much my 
mother's senior. His son James Shethar 
(son of James S.) was two years older than 
my mother and they were always more like 
brother and sister than cousins. When my 
grandfather and mother went to Alexandria, 
Aunt Betsey went to Bath to live with Aunt 
Faulkner, the daughter of my grandmother 
Shethar by a former marriage with Major 
Joshua Drake. They stayed in Alexandria 
four years, when my half-uncle left them to 
reside in Charleston, S. C. They came 
'across the country to Bath, N. Y., in a 
one horse wagon.' My mother speaks of 
this as a very interesting journey. She 
took her first horseback ride, five miles, be- 
hind her father. They remained in Bath, 
N. Y., six months and then went to Geneva, 
N. Y. Mrs. James Shethar after her hus- 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 21 

band's death also removed to Geneva. My 
mother spent a part of the time with Aunt 
Faulkner at the hotel and part with Mrs. 
James Shethar. For a short time before her 
marriage, she kept house for her father." 

Narrated by Miss Elizabeth Hogarth now 
living in 1904, at 560 Washington Avenue, 
Brooklyn, N. Y., who had the facts direct 
from Captain Shethar, her grandfather: 

*' During the Revolutionary War, Capt. 
John Shethar was arrested as a spy, taken 
to New York at a time when the English 
held only N. Y. He was examined before 
Admiral Digby who a short time previous 
had arrived with Prince William, Duke of 
Clarence, then 17 years of age, who was 
afterwards William IV, the King, who pre- 
ceded Queen Victoria. Prince William was 
present at the examination before Admiral 
Digby. Capt. Shethar when committed for 
trial said, ' As a soldier I have no favors to 
ask, but as a gentleman. Sir, I have one ! ' 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 22 

Well, what is it? 'That my guardsmen be 
British ofScers, Sir, not American refugees 
who have iled from their country's altar.' 
Then the young Prince said, ' Well, young 
man, when this disgraceful affair is settled, 
I intend to make a tour of this continent and 
would like to have you for a travelling com- 
panion,' to which Capt. Shethar replied, 
' Well, Sir, if our circumference was no larger 
than yours, (referring to occupation of New 
York), we could soon make a tour of it.' 
Then Admiral Digby said, 'I guess your 
Highness has got it now,' to which Capt. 
Shethar replied, ' We do not now in our 
country pay that deference to royalty that 
you do in yours.' " 

" Capt. Shethar once had for a prisoner a 
Capt. Williamson, of the British Army, who 
after he was released, returned to New York 
and told his wife of the good treatment he 
had received at the hands of Capt. Shethar. 
So pleased was she, that while Capt. Sheth- 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 23 

ar was a prisoner, she arranged matters and 
gave him a grand dinner, and ever after- 
wards, he was, through this influence, treat- 
ed well. He was visited every day by the 
young Prince William who admired his 
sturdy manhood. When released Capt. 
Shethar called on the Prince." 

Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. John, lived 
in Geneva, N. Y., and kept house for him. 
She never married; before this she lived 
with her brother James, who lived in Alex- 
andria, District of Columbia, then went to 
Seneca and Geneva, N. Y. 

Capt. Shethar was a member of St. Paul 
Lodge, F. & A. M. of Litchfield, Conn., and 
afterwards of Ark Lodge of Geneva, N. Y. 
Demit and Apron of Capt. Shethar were 
sent to Ark Lodge, by Miss Elizabeth Ho- 
garth, some years ago. 

Capt. John Shethar was a pensioner in 
1818 and was living at that time in Alex- 
andria, Va. Shethar Street in Hammonds- 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY. 24 

port, N. Y. was named for him, he having 

been granted about one-tenth of the original 

township. 

Their children were: 

By first wife: 

23. Sarah S., b. April 20, 1774, d. April 

16, 1776. 

24. James, b. Aug. 8, 1775, d. Sept. 30, 

1776. 

25. JAMES, b. March 26, 1777. 

26. Sarah S., b. April 23, 1781, d. Jan. 

22, 1791. 

By second wife: 

27. A daughter, b. May 12, 1801, d. 

same day. 

28. Elizabeth C, b. Aug. 5, 1803, d. Oct. 

23, 1873, unmarried, in Sheffield, 
Mass. 

29. MARY JANE, b. Sept. 3, 1805, m. 

John S. Hogarth Aug. 21, 1823. 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 25 

25. JAMES, born March 26, 1777, died 
July 27, 1820, in his 44th year, at the Cross 
Key Tavern in North Carolina, near Dan- 
ville, Virginia, while on his way from 
Charlston, S. C, to the District of Colum- 
bia. Married Mary Collins Aug. 3, 1797, 
born June 5, 1774. She died Sept. 29, 1830. 
[Mary Collins was a descendant of Rev. 
Timothy Collins of Guilford, who was a son 
of John Collins. Rev. Timothy Collins 
married Elizabeth Hide, Jan. 16, 1723.] 

Their children were: 

30. JOHN, b. May 18, 1798, d. Dec. 9, 
1837. 

31. Samuel, b. May 15, 1800, d. 1819, in 
South Carolina; he was in the 20th 
year of his age and his grandfather 
in the family bible records, says, 
''A very promising young man." 

32. JAMES S., b. Jan. 11, 1804, d. 
June 27, 1859. 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 26 

30. JOHN, born May 18, 1798, died 
Dec. 9, 1837. Married Sarah Ainsworth, 
born March 8, 1797, died Nov. 9, 1833, bur- 
ied at Rochester, N. Y. Married (2) Aug. 
(1, 1834, Melinda Millard, born April 28, 
1804. 

Melinda Millard Shethar after the death 

of her husband, John Shethar, married 

Bushnell, father of Hopkins Bushnell who 
married Jane Nicholas Shethar, daughter of 
James S. Shethar, No. 32, and his wife Ann 
Gregory. 

John Shethar was a warden of Trinity 
Church, Seneca Falls, N. Y. He was at 
the laying of the corner-stone of this 
church Nov. 18, 1833, and one of the build- 
ing committee at time of death. He was an 
influential, prosperous man. 

Children: 
By first wife: 

33. Samuel, b. Dec. 22, 1823, d. 1825. 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 27 

34. Sarah, b. Sept. 14, 1826, d. May 2, 
1827. 

35. SAMUEL, b. March 26, 1827, m. 
Frances T. Coffin. 

36. James, b. June 7, 1829, d. 1829. 

37. George W. E., b. Nov. 20, 1832, d. 

1863, at Battle of New Orleans; 
member of a N. Y. regiment. 

38. Sarah, b. Oct. 30, 1833, d. 1834, bap. 

Nov. 8, 1833. 

By second wife: 

39. Edmund L., b. Aug. 8, 1835, d. 1835. 

40. John, b. July 24, 1836, bap. Dec. 25, 

1836, d. at Danbury, Conn., un- 
married. 

41. MaryM., b. Feb. 18, 1838, m. 

Clapsattle of Lockport, N. Y. 

35. SAMUEL, born March 26, 1827, 
died March 11, 1897, married Frances T. 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 28 

Coffin. Samuel Shethar was born at Geneva, 
N. Y., and died at New York City. He ar- 
rived in New York City when quite a young 
man, and became one of its most prominent 
merchants. He was an honest and con- 
scientious man, devoted to his family and 
and noted for his many charitable acts. In 
May, 1883, the use of the brick house, No. 
48 Palisade Avenue, was by the owner, 
Samuel Shethar, given to the Yonkers Free 
Library for a term of years. In a marked 
degree he had the love and confidence of 
his employees, and at his decease was sin- 
cerely mourned by all. 

Their children were: 
42. EDWIN H., b. March 25, 1858. 

43. Prentice, b. Jan. 19, 1867, lives at 

New Rochelle, N. Y. 

44. Norman, b. 1852, d. July 4, 1876. 

45. Merriam, b. 1856, d. Jan., 1871. 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 29 

46. FRANK. 

47. MAUD. 

42. EDWIN H., born March 25, 1858, 
married Agnes F. Nesmith. He is a mer- 
chant in New York City. Resides at Great 
Neck, L. I., N. Y. 

The ancestry of Agnes F. Nesmith is as 
follows: 

Michael Nasmyth of Scotland is the first 
of record, and was chamberlain of the Arch- 
bishop of St. Andrews. He married Eliza- 
beth Baird about 1554, and was granted a 
charter under the great seals, of half the 
lands of Posso, with the house, garden and 
orchard of the same. He fought in the bat- 
tle of Langside, 1568, when Queen Mary was 
defeated and he was banished. He had four 
sons. He died 1609. His third son, Thom- 
as, married Johanna Veitch; their eldest 
son, James succeeded in 1611, married Agnes 
Burnet of Barns in 1610, whose second son 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 30 

married 1656, to Isabella Murray (through 
the Murrays the descent is traced from Rob- 
ert Bruce and Edward I, King of England, 
as is hereafter shown), whose son, James, 
went to Ireland in 1690, and married Eliza- 
beth McKean, where their eldest son was 
born in 1692, and father and son emigrated 
to America in 1718, settling in 1719, at Lon- 
donberry, N. H. Among the sons of the 
emigrant James Nesmith was Benjamin 
Nesmith from whom are descended the 
Nesmiths of Brooklyn and New York. 
This Benjamin was born in 1734, and was 
one of the founders of Belfast, Maine. He 
married Agnes Gilmore (daughter of Col. 
James Gilmore). She was born 1740, died 
1814, married 1763, and son James was born 
1764, married Nancy Gilmore (daughter of 
Col. James Gilmore), Sept 1, 1795. He died 
March 4, 1811. His son James was born 
Oct. 20, 1800, married Caroline Leeds June 
8, 1822; he died Jan. 13, 1872. They had 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 31 

four sons, one of whom was Henry, b. , 

m. . He died Oct. 18, 1901. They had 

nine children, one of whom was Agnes F., 
born March 1, 1861, married Edwin H. 
Shethar, No. 42, of New York City. 

Edward I, King of England, married 
Margaret, daughter of Philip III, King of 
France, Sept. 8, 1299, and had: 

Edmund Plantaganet, married Margaret 

Wake. 
Joan Plantaganet, married Sir Thos. 

De Holland. 
Thos. De Holland, married Lady Alice 

Pitgallan. 
Lady Margaret De Holland, married 

John De Beaufort. 
Lady Joan De Beaufort, married James 

I, King of Scotland. 
Princess Joanna, married James Doug- 
las. 
Lady Janet Douglas, married Patrick 

Hepbume. 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 32 

Lady Margaret Hepbume, married John 
Murray. 
Proved under a charter, March 27, 1511. 

James Murray, married Cranston. 

Patrick Murray, married a daughter of 

Lord Fleming. 
Patrick Murray, married Agnes Mur- 
ray. 
Sir John Murray, married Jean Scott. 
Sir James Murray, married Ann Craig. 
Isabel Murray, married James Nasmy th 

of Posso. 
James Nesmith, married Elizabeth Mc- 

Kean. 
Benjamin Nesmith, born 1734, married 

Agnes Gilmore, born 1740. 
James Nesmith, born 1764, married 

Nancy Gilmore, born 1770. 
James Nesmith, born 1800, married 

Caroline Leeds. 

Children of Edwin H. Shethar and Agnes 
his wife, were as follows: 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 33 

48. Frances, b. Aug. 30, 1884. 

49. Samuel, b. July 19, 1886. 

50. Gladys, b. Aug. 7, 1888, d. April 13, 

1892. 

51. Edna, b. June 16, 1890. 

52. John, b. April 5, 1892. 

53. Beatrice, born June 10, 1894. 

54. Nesmith, b. , d. in infancy. 

46. FRANK, married Girard E. W. 
Lowrey of New York City, May 25, 1882. 
She died Feb. 22, 1891. 

They had children as follows: 

55. Ruth, b. Dec. 13, 1885. 

56. Miriams., b. Dec. 17, 1888. 

57. Dora, b. Feb. 4, 1891, d. Feb. 6, 1891. 

47. MAUD, married Sands Kenyon 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 34 

Gorham in New York City, June 1, 1891. 
Live at Great Neck, L. I., N. Y. 

Their children were: 

58. Ruth, b. June 19, 1893. 

59. Maud Shethar, b Nov. 12, 1894. 

60. Hilda Kenyon, b. Aug. 13, 1896. 

32. JAMES S., born Jan. 11, 1804, died 

June 27, 1859, married Ann Gregory. She 

died Aug. 10, 1843. 

Their children were: 

61. Mary, bap. Sept. 13, 1826, married 

Corydon Merriman. All dead. 

62. John, bap. Aug. 29, 1827, d. Sept. 

11, 1846, age 19 years, 13 days. 

63. James, bap. July 2, 1837, b. 1831, at 

Seneca Falls, N. Y., d. Feb. 4, 
1843, age 12 years. 

64. Samuel, bap. July 2, 1837. Unmar- 

ried, d. in San Francisco, Cal. 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 35 

65. Jane Nicholas, bap. July 2, 1837, 
m. Hopkins Bushnell. No issue. 

66. HENRY HOBART, bap. Sept. 6, 
1840, m. Ada A. Shields. 

67. Anthony Dey, bap. and d. in in- 

fancy. 

29. MARY JANE, born Sept. 3. 1805, 
died June, 9, 1885, married Aug. 21, 1823, 
John S. Hogarth. John S. Hogarth was a 
son of John Hogarth and Mary Scott, his 
wife. She was of Glasgow, Scotland, and 
this John was a son of Richard Hogarth and 
Mary Brian, his wife, and this Richard was 
a son of William Hogarth who was a cousin 
of William Hogarth, the world famous art- 
ist. 

Their children were: 

68. James, b. 1824, d. Nov. 26, 1824, 

aged 4 months. 

69. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 7, 1825, lives un- 

married in Brooklyn, N. Y. 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 36 

70. SARAH J., b. June 8, 1828. 

71. .Jolin S., b. Aug. 8, 1831, d. April 

19, 1852, unmarried. 

72. Mary O., b. Sept. 21, 1836, unmar- 

ried, lives in Brooklyn, N. Y. 

73. Alice D., b. June 6, 1842, d. March 

10, 1882, unmarried. 

74. Robert, b. Aug. 1, 1844, lives in 

Bedford, Mass. 

66. HENRY H., bap. Sept. 6, 1840, 
married Ada A. Shields. His will is dated 
Feb. 8, 1870, proved April 27, 1870. Sam- 
uel Shethar was executor. Henry H. was a 
member of the hardware lirm of Shethar, 
Flagler & Co., of New York City. He made 
his will at Geneva, N. Y. 

They had but one child: 

75. Mary S., b. , d. young. 

18. SARAH, born Feb. 26, 1761, mar- 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 37 

ried John Phelps, Sept. 24, 1780. He was 
born March 3, 1756. She died May 8, 1840, 
at Litchfiekl, Conn. He died June 25, 1833. 
He served in Revolutionary War in 1781, 
in Gen. Waterbury's Regiment, Capt. Jos- 
eph Davis' Company, as ensign, and was 
promoted to lieutenant, Aug. 19, 1781. He 
was the son of Edward, born 1727, who was 
son of Capt. Edward, born 1697, who was 
son of Joseph, born 1666, who was son of 
Timothy, born 1639, who was son of Wil- 
liam, born 1599, the Immigrant. 

The children of John Phelps and Sarah 
Shethar were: 

76. POLLY SHETHAR, b. 1781, m. 

Caleb Croswell. 

77. EDWARD, b. 1782. 

78. JOHN W., b. 1784. 

79. Sally, b. 1787, m. John C. Riley. 
No issue. 

80. SAMUEL SHETHAR, b. 1793. 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 38 

T6. POLLY SHETHAR PHELPS, 

married (1) Caleb Croswell, married (2) 
Walker Wilmot, March 10, 1806. 

Their children were: 

81. Georgianna C, b. 1803, married J. 

W. Copeland, 1830. No issue. 

82. John P., b. 1809. 

83. Eliza M., b. 1811, d. 1857. 

84. Janet W., b. 1813, m. Judd, 

settled Hampston, 111. 

85. Julia Ann, b. 1817, m. M. J. Cham- 

berlin, second wife. Two child- 
ren. 

77. EDWARD PHELPS, m. Lavinia 

Forbes. 

Their children were: 

86. JOHN, b. 1807. 

87. Edward, b. 1809, d. 1872. 

88. Sally Ann, b. 1810. 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 39 

89. Ricliard, b. 1812. 

90. Lucy Maria, b. 1814, d. . 

86. JOHN PHELPS, married Martha 

S. French, 1842. 

Their children were: 

91. LUCRETIA, b. 1843. 

92. Martha E., b. 1847, d. 1859. 

93. Child, b. 1853. 

91. LUCRETIA PHELPS, married 

John B. Stanton. 

They had one child: 

94. Gertrude E., b. Dec. 5, 1864. 

78. JOHN W. PHELPS, married (1) 
Smith, married (2) Sally A. Young of 



Litchfield. He was a lieutenant in war of 
1812, U. S. Ai-my. 

Their children were: 

95. Maria, b. 1818, d. 1822. 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 40 

96. JULIA M., b. 1821. 

97. James Shethar, b. 1824, m. Sere- 

phina Wheeler. 

96. JULIA M. PHELPS, married (1) 

Vernon B. Sprague, 1843, married (2) Wm. 

C. Miller, 1847. 

Their children were: 
By first wife: 

98. Ella E., b. 1844. 

99. William, b. 1848. 

By second wife: 

100. Henry, b. 1859. 

80. SAMUEL SHETHAR PHELPS, 

born May 13, 1793. Married (1) Frances 
Shurtleff, Nov. 21, 1821. Married (2) Electa 
Satterlee, daughter of Judge James Satter- 
lee of Lyons, N. Y. He graduated from 
Yale, class 1811, was in the Regular U. S. 
Army, war of 1812. Judge of the Supreme 
Court of Vermont from 1831 to 1838. U. S. 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 41 

Senator from Vermont, 1839 to 1861, and 
from Jan., 1853 until the close of that ses- 
sion. He died in Middlebury, Vt., March 
25, 1855. The published biographical works 
tell the story of his life in full. 

His children were: 

101. EDWARD J., b. 1822. 

102. James Shethar, b. 1823, d. 1823. 

103. CHARLES H., b. 1825. 

104. JAMES SATTERLEE, b. 1826. 

105. Samuel Shethar, b. 1828, m. Char- 

lotte Stone. No issue. 

106. Daniel W., b. 1830, m. Gertrude 

Johnson. No issue. 

107. Theodore W., b. 1831, d. 1832. 

108. Frank, b. 1834, m. twice. No issue. 
109. EGBERT, b. 1835, m. twice. 

110. Helen M., b. 1840, d. 1843. 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 42 

111. Harriet E., b. 1845, m. Lyman, 

Burlington, Vt. 

101. EDWARD J. PHELPS, of Bur- 
lington, Vt., and New Haven, Conn, He 
was U. S. Minister to England and on his 
return settled in New Haven, Conn., and 
was lecturer on law in Yale University. 
He was one of America's most distinguished 
men. He married Mary S. Haight and 
had children as follows: 

112. Charles P., b. , settled at De- 

troit, Mich. 

113. Mary, b. , m. Loomis, 

Burlington, Vt. 

103. CHARLES H. PHELPS, mar- 
ried Eunice Webb and settled in Burling- 
ton, la., and was Judge of the Court of 

Common Pleas. 

His children were: 

114. Edward S., b. , lived at Bur- 

lington, la. 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 43 

115. Egbert, b. , lived at Chicago, 

111. 

116. Eunice W., b. , lived at Bur- 

lington, la. 

104. JAMES SATTERLEE PHELPS, 
married Harriet Dyer. He studied law after 
graduation and in 1888 was in Washington, 

D. C. 

His children were: 

117. Julia, b. . 



118. Harriet, b. 



119. Gertrude, b. 

120. Samuel, b. - 



121. Charles D.,b 



109. EGBERT PHELPS, married 
— ; graduated, studied law, for a time 



Capt. in 19th U. S. Infantry; settled in Jol- 
iet, HI. , and practiced law and was of the 
firm of Olin & Phelps. 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 44 

Had children as follows: 

122. Paul b. 1863. 

123. Harriet, b. 1867. 

124. Maggie, b. 1874. 

20. RACHEL SHETHAR, born March 
16, 1768, married Nov., 1786, Ashbel Marsh, 
born Nov. 12, 1766, who was a son of Eben- 
ezer Marsh, Jr., born Oct. 7, 1740, who mar- 
ried Lucy Phelps, April 15, 1763, and he 
was son of Col. Ebenezer Marsh, born 1701, 
who married Deborah Buell, Nov., 1725. 
He died in 1773, and was son of John Marsh, 
of Hartford, who was son of John Marsh, 
who was son of John Marsh, the Immigrant. 
Their children were as follows: 

125. ORMOND, b. 1789. 

126. Sally, b. , m. Thomas Trow- 

bridge, Jr. 

127. Polly, b. , m. John Dewey. 

125. ORMOND, married Ann Whist- 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 45 

ler at Detroit, Mich. She was daughter of 
Capt. John Whistler, U. S, Army. 

They had one child, namely: 
128. HARRIET ANN, b. 1818. 

128. HARRIET ANN MARSH, mar- 
ried Wm. R. Wood, who was born in Lon- 
don, England, in 1810. 

On Nov. 12, 1902, Harriet Ann (Marsh) 
Wood, No. 128, writes as follows of her 
father and mother: 

' ' While I remember my grandmother dis- 
tinctly, was too young to have learned much 
of her family. My father's (Ormond Marsh) 
aunt Phelps, I knew and loved, but as before 
was too young to know of her family. I was 
but eleven years old when leaving Litch held. 
Conn., and never returned there. My father 
was married to Ann Whistler at Detroit, 
Michigan, during the war of 1812. At the 
surrender of Gen. Hull the officers were 
taken as ]prisoners of war to Quebec, Canada. 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 46 

My mother was ill, and as the wives of the 
other officers were allowed to go with their 
husbands, all were taken in a boat to the 
vessel which took them to Buffalo, N, Y. 
After awhile the prisoners were exchanged, 
and my parents went to Litchfield, Conn. 
My father on the reduction of the army 
after peace was declared, was dropped from 
the service, together with many others. 
They lived in Litchfield until my mother 
diecl. Then I came west and was married 
at Detroit, and afterwards came to St. Paul, 
Minn., where I now live." 

They had children as follows: 

129. WILLIAM H., b. 1844. 

130. Charles, b. 1846, unmarried, lived 

in Sandwich, C. W. 

131. Annie A., b. 1854, at Detroit, Mich. 

In 1894 she was a teacher in 
Wells College, Aurora, N. Y. 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 47 

She lives, 1904, at 579 Ingleliart 
Street, St. Paul, Minn. 

13lA Ormond, b. Dec. 2, 1846, at Sand- 
wich, Canada, d. Dec. 11, 1848. 

13lB Henry F., b. Sept. 24; 1859, d. Oct. 
8, 1888, unmarried. 

129. WILLIAM H. WOOD, Farring- 

ton, Minn., married Frances C. Guiteau, 

1874. 

Their children were: 

132. Jane, b. . 

133. William R., b. . 

134. Nannie, b. . 



135. Catherine, b. 



19. LYDIA SHETHAR, married Nov. 
23, 1786, Saybrook, Conn., Caleb Chapman, 
born July 23, 1764. He died 1837. She 
died 1843. 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 4S 

They had children as follows: 

136. Pamelia, b. 1788. 

137. Nancy S., b. 1791. 

138. Helena M., b. 1794. 

139. John S., b. 1797. 

140. Betsey C, b. 1800. 

141. Elisha, b. 1802. 

142. Richard L. , b. 1806. 

Descendants of this family are well 
known in all the walks of life. 

5. HANNAH SHETHAR, lived in Kil- 
lingworth, Conn., married Dec. 10, 1685, 
Thomas Hull, born May 29, 1665, died 1720. 
She died 1714. He was a son of Josiah 
Hull who married Elizabeth Loomis, born 
May 20, 1641. She was a daughter of Jos- 
eph Loomis, born 1590. 

They had children as follows: 

143. Thomas, b. 1686, m. MaryLawton, 

1714, d. 1733. 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 49 

144. Elizabeth, b. 1691, m. M. Griswold, 

1713. 

145. Concurrence, b. 1693, m. G. Well- 

man, 1720. 

146. Theophilius, b. 1696. 

147. Nathaniel, b. 1699, m. (1) Elizabeth 

Griswold, m. (2) Esther Bristol, 
m. (3) Hannah Farnham. 

148. Mary, b. 1701, m. Josiah Chatfield, 

1724. 

149. Mercy, b. 1704, m. Josiah Parme- 

lee, 1723. 

150. Ebenezer, b. 1705, m. Lois Wilson, 

1732, m. (2) Desire KeUey. 

151. Josiah, b. 1707, Capt. in Army, 

m. Elizabeth Redfield, 1732. 

152. Lemuel, b. 1710, Capt. in Army, 

m. Elizabeth Earl, 1729. 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 50 

153. Hannah, b. 1714, m. Neliemiah 
Parmelee, 1734. 

70. SARAH J. HOGARTH, married 
Harwood A. Dudley, April 25th, 1850, War- 
saw, N. Y. Harwood A. Dudley was pro- 
moted to Major in the U. S. Volunteers dur- 
ing the War of the Rebellion, and served as 
Lieutenant and Captain of the first Com- 
pany K. of the 17th Regiment. (The story 
of the service of Company K. is fully told 
in the History of Co. K., compiled by Major 
H. A. Dudley and Capt. A. M. Whaley.) 
He was Deputy Marshal of the District. 
He has been County Treasurer two terms; 
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors fourteen 
years, and is an Elder of the Presbyterian 
Church. He was editor and publisher of 
the Western New Yorker, having success- 
fully run that popular journal for forty 
years. He is a descendant of Francis Dud- 
ley of Concord, a soldier in King Philip's 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 51 

War and ancestor of that branch of the 
Dudley family. In these days it falls to 
the lot of but few men so fully to enjoy the 
confidence and respect of his fellow towns- 
men, as does Harwood A. Dudley. He is a 
marked example of honor and honesty and 
the embodiment of an upright life. 

They had children as follows: 

154. Edward H., b. June 8, 1851, d. 

April 8, 1860. 

155. William F., b. Jan. 5, 1854, d. 

Oct. 22, 1872. 

156. Jennie, b. Feb. 9, 1856, d. March 

11, 1856. 

157. Mary, b. Nov. 1, 1858, m. Charles 

E. Lawton, Auburn, N. Y. 

158. Martha, b. Aug. 1, 1860. 

159. Anna, b. Sept. 4, 1862, d. Oct. 12, 

1863. 



THE SHETHAR FAMILY 5a 

160. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 20, 1868. 

160. ELIZABETH DUDLEY, mar- 
ried Charles E. Ketcham of Warsaw, N. Y., 
and have children as follows: 

161. Ann Elizabeth, b. . 

162. Sybil Louise, b. . 



INDEX OF NAMES 



Ainsworth, Sarah, 26 
Andrews, St., Archbishop of 
29 

Baird, EHzabeth, 29 
Brandt, Jos., 18 
Brian, Mary, 35 
Bristol, Esther, 49 
Bruce, Robert, 30 

Buell, , 13 

Deborah, 44 

Burnett, Agnes, 29 

Bushnell, , 26 

Hopkins, 26, 35 

Chalker, A., 6 
Chamberlin, M. J., 38 
Chapman, Betsey C, 48 

Caleb, 47 

Elisha, 48 

Helena M., 48 

John S., 48 

Nancy S., 48 

Pamelia, 48 

Richard L., 48 

R.. Jr., 10 

Chatfield, Josiah, 49 

Clapsattle, , 27 

Clarence, Duke of, 21 
Coffin, Frances T., 27, 28 
Collins, John, 25 

Mary, 25 

Timothy, Rev., 25 

Copeland, J. W., 38 
Craig, Ann, 32 

Cranston, , 32 

Croswell, Caleb, 37, 38 
Wm., 15 



Davis, J., Capt., 37 
De Beaufort, Joan, 31 
De Holland, Margaret, 31 

Thos., 31 
Dewey, John, 44 
Dey, Anthony, 35 
Digby, Admiral, 21, 22 
Douglas, James, 31 

Janet, 31 
Drake, Joan, 16 

Joshua, 15, 20 

Nancy, 16 

Nancy N., 15 
Dudley, Anna, 51 

Edward H., 51 

Elizabeth, 52 

Frances, 50 

Harwood A., 50, 51 

Jennie, 51 

Martha, 51 

Mary, 51 

Wm. F., 51 
Durant, Edward, 10 

Geo., 10 

Mary, 7, 10, II 
Durin, Jno., 5 
Dyer, Harriet, 43 

Earl, Elizabeth, 49 
Edward, I, 30, 31 
Ely, Jno., 13, 14 
England, King of, 30 

Farnham, Hannah, 49 
Faulkner, Aunt, 20, 21 
Fitgallan, Alice 31 
Flemmlng, Lord, 32 
Forbes, Lavinia, 38 
France, King of, 31 



INDEX OF NAMES 



54 



French, Martha S., 39 

Gilmore, Agnes, 30, 32 

James, Col., 30 

Nancy, 30, 32 
Gorham, Hilda K., 34 

Maud S., 34 

Ruth, 34 

S. K., 34 
Gregory, Ann, 26, 34 
Griswold, Elizabeth, 49 

M., 49 
Guiteau, Frances C, 47 

Haight, Martha, 19 

Mary S., 42 
Hepbume, Margaret, 32 

Patrick, 31 
Hide, Elizabeth, 25 
Hogarth, Alice D., 36 

Elizabeth, 21, 23, 35 

James, 35 

John, 35 

John S., 24, 35, 36 

Mary J., 18 

Mary O., 18, 36 

Richard, 35 

Robert, 36 

Samuel J., 36, 50 

William, 35 
Hull, Concurrence, 49 

Ebenezer, 49 

Elizabeth, 49 

Gen., 45 

Hannah, 50 

Josiah, 48, 49 

Lemuel, 49 

Mary, 49 

Mercy, 49 

Nathaniel, 49 

Theophilius, 49 

Thomas, 48 

James, I, 31 
Joanna, Princess, 31 



Johnson, Gertrude, 41 
Jones, Sarah, 13 
Judd, , 38 

Kelley, Desire, 49 
Ketcham, Ann E., 52 

Chas. E., 52 

Sybil L., 52 

Lasher, Hannah, 15 
Lawton, Charles E., 51 

Mary, 48 
Leeds, Caroline, 30, 32 
Leete, Gov., 6 
Loomis, , 42 

Elizabeth, 48 

Joseph, 48 
Lowrey, Dora, 33 

Girard E. W., 33 

Miriam S., 33 

Ruth, 33 
Lyman, , 42 

McKean, Elizabeth, 30, 32 
Mandeville, Jacob, 16 

Sarah, 16 
Marsh, Ashbel, 44 

Ebenezer, 44 

Ebenezer, Jr., 44 

Harriet A., 45 

John, 44 

Ormond, 44, 45 

Polly, 44 

Sally, 44 
Mary, Queen, 29 
Merriman, Corydon, 34 
Millard, Melinda, 26 
Miller, Henry, 40 

Wm., 40 

Wm. C, 40 
Minor, Clement, 8 

Thomas, 8 
Murray, Agnes, 32 

Isabel, 32 

Isabella, 30 



INDEX OF NAMES 



55 



Murray, James, 32 
John, 32 
Patrick, 32 

Nasmyth, James, 29, 30, 32 

Michael, 29 

Thomas, 29 
Nelson, Johanna, 18 

Joshua, 16 
Nesmith, Agnes F., 29, 31 

Benjamin, 30, 32 

Henry, 31 

James, 30 
Nesmiths, of Brooklyn, 30 

of New York, 30 

Olin & Phelps, 43 

Parmelee, Josiah, 49 

Nehemiah, 50 
Philip III, daughter of 31 
Phinney, Jere, 12 
Plantaganet, Edmund, 31 

Joan, 31 
Prince William, 21-23 
Phelps, Aunt, 45 

Charles H., 41, 42 

Charles D., 43 

Charles P., 42 

Daniel W., 41 

Frank, 41 

Edw., 37, 38 

Edward J., 41, 42 

Edward S., 42 

Egbert, 41,43 
Eliza M., 38 
Eunice W., 43 
Georgianna C., 38 
Gertrude, 43 
Gertrude E., 39 
Harriet, 43. 44 
Harriet E., 42 
Helen M., 41 
James S., 40, 41, 43 
Janet W.,38 



Phelps, John, 15,37-39 
John P., 38 
John W., 37, 39 
Joseph, 37 
Julia, 43 
Julia A., 38 
Julia M., 39, 40 
Lucretia, 39 
Lucy, 44 
Lucy M.. 39 
Maggie, 44 
Maria, 39 
Martha E., 39 
Mary, 42 
Paul, 44 
Polly S., 37, 38 
Richard, 39 
Sally, 37 
Sally A., 38 
Samuel, 43 
Samuel S., 37, 40, 41 
Theodore W., 41 
Timothy, 37 
Wm., 37 

Redfield, Elizabeth, 49 
Riley, J. C, 37 
Root, Wm., 19 

Satterlee, Electa, 40 

James, 40 
Scott, Jean, 32 

Mary, 35 
Scotland, King of, 31 
Seymour, Capt., 16 
Shethar, Agnes F., 32 

Beatrice, 33 

Betsey, 15, 19, 20 

Deborah, 13 

Dorcas, 10, 11 

Edmund L., 27 

Edna, 33 

Edwin H., 18, 28, 29, 31. 

32 
Elizabeth, 10, 23 



INDEX OF NAMES 



56 



Shethar, Elizabeth C, 24 
Elizabeth W., 9 
Frances, 33 
Frank, 29, 33 
Geo. W. E., 27 
Gladys, 33 
Hannah, 7, 10, 48 
Henry H., 35, 36 
James, 15, 20, 23-25, 27, 

34 
James, Mrs., 20 
James S., 20, 25, 26, 34 
Jane N., 26, 35 
John, 4-12, 14-19, 21, 22 

25-27. 33. 34 
Lydia, iq,47 
Mary, 12, 34 
Mary J., 24, 35 
Mary M., 27 
Mary S., 36 
Maud, 29, 33 
Melinda M., 26 
Merriam, 28 
Nesmith, 33 
Norman, 28 
Polly, 15 
Prentice, 28 
Rachel, 10, 15, 44 
Samuel, 7, 10-14, 25-28, 

33. 34. 36 
Sarah, 15, 27,36, 37 
Sarah S., 24 
Susanna, 7, 10 

Shethar, Flagler & Co., 36 
Shields, Ada A., 35, 36 
Shurtleff, Frances, 40 
Smith, , 39 

Joshua, 15 

Nathl., 16 

Sarah, 15, 16 



Sprague, Ella E., 40 

\'ernon B., 40 
Stanton, John B., 39 
Stoddard, Mary, 16 
Stone, Charlotte, 41 

Trowbridge, Thos., Jr., 44 

Veitch, Johanna, 29 
Victoria, Queen, 21 

Wake, Margaret, 31 
Washington, Geo., 17 
Waterbury, Gen., 37 
Webb, Eunice, 42 
Wellman, Elizabeth, 7, 8 

G., 49 
Martha, 8 
Wm., 8 

Whaley, A. M., 50 
Wheeler, Serephina, 40 
Whistler, Ann, 44, 45 
John, 45 

William IV, 21 
Williamson, Capt., 22 
Wilmot, Walker, 38 
Wilson, Lois, 49 
Wood, Annie A., 46 

Catharine, 47 

Charles, 46 

Harriet A., 45 

Henry F., 47 

Jane, 47 

Ormond, 47 

Nannie, 47 

Wm. H., 46, 47 

Wm. R., 45. 47 

Young, Sally A., 39 



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